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Commit 2522c84db513 ("timers/migration: Fix another race between hotplug
and idle entry/exit") fixed yet another race between idle exit and CPU
hotplug up leading to a wrong "0" value migrator assigned to the top
level. However there is yet another situation that remains unhandled:
[GRP0:0]
migrator = TMIGR_NONE
active = NONE
groupmask = 1
/ \ \
0 1 2..7
idle idle idle
0) The system is fully idle.
[GRP0:0]
migrator = CPU 0
active = CPU 0
groupmask = 1
/ \ \
0 1 2..7
active idle idle
1) CPU 0 is activating. It has done the cmpxchg on the top's ->migr_state
but it hasn't yet returned to __walk_groups().
[GRP0:0]
migrator = CPU 0
active = CPU 0, CPU 1
groupmask = 1
/ \ \
0 1 2..7
active active idle
2) CPU 1 is activating. CPU 0 stays the migrator (still stuck in
__walk_groups(), delayed by #VMEXIT for example).
[GRP1:0]
migrator = TMIGR_NONE
active = NONE
groupmask = 1
/ \
[GRP0:0] [GRP0:1]
migrator = CPU 0 migrator = TMIGR_NONE
active = CPU 0, CPU1 active = NONE
groupmask = 1 groupmask = 2
/ \ \
0 1 2..7 8
active active idle !online
3) CPU 8 is preparing to boot. CPUHP_TMIGR_PREPARE is being ran by CPU 1
which has created the GRP0:1 and the new top GRP1:0 connected to GRP0:1
and GRP0:0. CPU 1 hasn't yet propagated its activation up to GRP1:0.
[GRP1:0]
migrator = GRP0:0
active = GRP0:0
groupmask = 1
/ \
[GRP0:0] [GRP0:1]
migrator = CPU 0 migrator = TMIGR_NONE
active = CPU 0, CPU1 active = NONE
groupmask = 1 groupmask = 2
/ \ \
0 1 2..7 8
active active idle !online
4) CPU 0 finally resumed after its #VMEXIT. It's in __walk_groups()
returning from tmigr_cpu_active(). The new top GRP1:0 is visible and
fetched and the pre-initialized groupmask of GRP0:0 is also visible.
As a result tmigr_active_up() is called to GRP1:0 with GRP0:0 as active
and migrator. CPU 0 is returning to __walk_groups() but suffers again
a #VMEXIT.
[GRP1:0]
migrator = GRP0:0
active = GRP0:0
groupmask = 1
/ \
[GRP0:0] [GRP0:1]
migrator = CPU 0 migrator = TMIGR_NONE
active = CPU 0, CPU1 active = NONE
groupmask = 1 groupmask = 2
/ \ \
0 1 2..7 8
active active idle !online
5) CPU 1 propagates its activation of GRP0:0 to GRP1:0. This has no
effect since CPU 0 did it already.
[GRP1:0]
migrator = GRP0:0
active = GRP0:0, GRP0:1
groupmask = 1
/ \
[GRP0:0] [GRP0:1]
migrator = CPU 0 migrator = CPU 8
active = CPU 0, CPU1 active = CPU 8
groupmask = 1 groupmask = 2
/ \ \ \
0 1 2..7 8
active active idle active
6) CPU 1 links CPU 8 to its group. CPU 8 boots and goes through
CPUHP_AP_TMIGR_ONLINE which propagates activation.
[GRP2:0]
migrator = TMIGR_NONE
active = NONE
groupmask = 1
/ \
[GRP1:0] [GRP1:1]
migrator = GRP0:0 migrator = TMIGR_NONE
active = GRP0:0, GRP0:1 active = NONE
groupmask = 1 groupmask = 2
/ \
[GRP0:0] [GRP0:1] [GRP0:2]
migrator = CPU 0 migrator = CPU 8 migrator = TMIGR_NONE
active = CPU 0, CPU1 active = CPU 8 active = NONE
groupmask = 1 groupmask = 2 groupmask = 0
/ \ \ \
0 1 2..7 8 64
active active idle active !online
7) CPU 64 is booting. CPUHP_TMIGR_PREPARE is being ran by CPU 1
which has created the GRP1:1, GRP0:2 and the new top GRP2:0 connected to
GRP1:1 and GRP1:0. CPU 1 hasn't yet propagated its activation up to
GRP2:0.
[GRP2:0]
migrator = 0 (!!!)
active = NONE
groupmask = 1
/ \
[GRP1:0] [GRP1:1]
migrator = GRP0:0 migrator = TMIGR_NONE
active = GRP0:0, GRP0:1 active = NONE
groupmask = 1 groupmask = 2
/ \
[GRP0:0] [GRP0:1] [GRP0:2]
migrator = CPU 0 migrator = CPU 8 migrator = TMIGR_NONE
active = CPU 0, CPU1 active = CPU 8 active = NONE
groupmask = 1 groupmask = 2 groupmask = 0
/ \ \ \
0 1 2..7 8 64
active active idle active !online
8) CPU 0 finally resumed after its #VMEXIT. It's in __walk_groups()
returning from tmigr_cpu_active(). The new top GRP2:0 is visible and
fetched but the pre-initialized groupmask of GRP1:0 is not because no
ordering made its initialization visible. As a result tmigr_active_up()
may be called to GRP2:0 with a "0" child's groumask. Leaving the timers
ignored for ever when the system is fully idle.
The race is highly theoretical and perhaps impossible in practice but
the groupmask of the child is not the only concern here as the whole
initialization of the child is not guaranteed to be visible to any
tree walker racing against hotplug (idle entry/exit, remote handling,
etc...). Although the current code layout seem to be resilient to such
hazards, this doesn't tell much about the future.
Fix this with enforcing address dependency between group initialization
and the write/read to the group's parent's pointer. Fortunately that
doesn't involve any barrier addition in the fast paths.
Fixes:
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